üstökön ragadja a szerencsét

Hungarian

Etymology

üstök (“forelock”) +‎ -ön (“on”, case suffix) +‎ ragad (“to grab”) +‎ -ja (personal suffix) +‎ a (“the”) +‎ szerencse (“luck, chance, fortune”) +‎ -t (accusative suffix), literally “to grab fortune on [the] forelock”

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈyʃtøkøn ˈrɒɡɒɟːɒ ɒ ˈsɛrɛnt͡ʃeːt]

Verb

üstökön ragadja a szerencsét

1. (idiomatic) to take time by the forelock (to grasp a favorable opportunity)

Conjugation

• For the verb, see the definite conjugation of ragad.
• The rest of the idiom remains unchanged.